Το ιστορικό αρχείο της British Pathé διαθέσιμο στο youtube

daeman

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British Pathé uploads 85,000 historic films to YouTube
(The Telegraph, 17 Apr 2014)

Thousands of hours of historical footage showing major events, celebrities and simple day-to-day life from 1896 until 1976 has been uploaded to YouTube

British Pathé, the newsreel maker which documented all walks of life on video during the 20th Century, has
uploaded its entire collection of moving images to YouTube.

The archive of 3,500 hours of footage was digitised in 2002 thanks in part to a grant from the National Lottery, and is now freely accessible to anyone around the world for free.

The unique collection of video covers major events, famous faces, travel, sport and culture and is a wealth of information on the First and Second World Wars in particular.

Scrolling through the archives reveals everything from the tragic:
Emily Davison throwing herself under the King's horse, the Hindenburg disaster and the Hiroshima bombing, to the downright unusual, such as Southampton University's 1962 attempt to launch a flying bicycle.

Founded in Paris in 1896, Pathé launched in Britain 14 years later. It single-handedly invented the modern television news format but ceased recording in 1970. After that it was sold several times, at one point to EMI, but launched as an independent archive in 2009. Two years later it opened a YouTube channel and has today announced the final step in digitising and uploading its entire collection to Google's video sharing platform.

Alastair White, general manager of British Pathé, said: "Our hope is that everyone, everywhere who has a computer will see these films and enjoy them. This archive is a treasure trove unrivalled in historical and cultural significance that should never be forgotten. Uploading the films to YouTube seemed like the best way to make sure of that.

“Whether you’re looking for coverage of the Royal Family, the Titanic, the destruction of the Hindenburg, or quirky stories about British pastimes, it’ll be there on our channel. You can lose yourself for hours.”
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Eve's Wireless - World's first mobile phone (and... erm... portable music player, on demand), 1922



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daeman

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British Council Film Collection on Vimeo

During the 1940s, the British Council commissioned over 100 short documentary films designed to promote an understanding of Britain and Britishness. They were created with an overseas audience in mind, and were intended to act as cultural propaganda, counteracting both negative Nazi propaganda and the popular perception of Britain as a country stuck in the past.

Digitised and researched, these films are now available for the public to watch and download for free, complete with trivia and contextual information.

Child's Play - Life in the 1940s




British Council Film Collection

30s and 40s film online archive completed, BBC News, 29 May 2014
 

drsiebenmal

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Επίσης, μια αναζήτηση στο Youtube με όρους Pathe Greece δίνει δεκάδες φιλμάκια επικαίρων ελληνικού ενδιαφέροντος (συνήθως χωρίς ήχο), από το 1915 και μετά.

Εδώ ένα τουριστικό φιλμάκι για την Αθήνα (του 1961) με ήχο:

 

drsiebenmal

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Έκανα λάθος. Το παλιότερο είναι από την κηδεία του Γεωργίου Α' στη Θεσσαλονίκη (1913):


Και με ήχο, από επίκαιρα της εποχής, η υποδοχή των Άγγλων στρατιωτών στην ελεύθερη Αθήνα το 1944:

 

drsiebenmal

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Και μια απορία. Στο βιντεάκι της υποδοχής, ο άνθρωπος που πάει να πιάσει το χωνί, στο 3:18, δεν μοιάζει πολύ με τον Γρηγόρη Λαμπράκη; Ήταν εκεί, όμως, εκείνη την εποχή;

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bernardina

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Αν και χωρίς ήχο, Τα συναισθήματα που προκαλεί είναι απίστευτα.

Προσέξτε εκεί στο 1:30 πώς πίσω από τον Παύλο συνωστίζονται για ν' ανεβούν τα σκαλιά της μητρόπολης ο Κωνσταντίνος, η Ειρήνη και η Σοφία. Δείτε τον Κωνσταντίνο πώς βάζει τη μικρή στη θέση της σύμφωνα με το πρωτόκολλο και πώς εκείνη δίνει το χέρι της στον Θεμιστοκλή Σοφούλη, ο οποίος το ασπάζεται!

Χαϊλάιτ της παρέλασης: οι στρατιώτες με τα σκυλιά!

Ωστόσο νομίζω πως ο τίτλος του ντοκιμαντέρ είναι λάθος. Λέει 25th aniversary of independence, ενώ μάλλον εννοεί την 25η Μαρτίου.
 

drsiebenmal

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Άλλο ένα παλιό αλλά και σημερινό επίκαιρο. Ο γάμος Χουάν Κάρλος-Σοφίας στην Αθήνα (με ήχο). Το καρεδάκι στο 1:23 ανεκτίμητο!

 
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